Lastly, there is the Incubator release management documentation at http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html, from which this guide was largely distilled. It's not necessary to follow every recommendation in this sprawling document, particularly the irrelevant Java-specific sections, but it's important that you understand the issues involved.

If you have questions, ask on #lucy_dev or the dev list.

PGP Key publication (first time RMs)

NOTE -- The situation with publishing KEYS is in flux and this section may no longer be relevant. See [http://s.apache.org/Klf].

The KEYS file is stored on people.apache.org in /www/www.apache.org/dist/lucy. Be careful when editing it as it is not under source control.

Community preparation

Before the Release Manager gets started, the Lucy community must complete all the tasks listed in ReleasePrep.

Helper script

Lucy has a "release_commands.pl" helper script in devel/bin which provides the step-by-step sequence of actions necessary to perform a release. Whenever possible, it autogenerates exact commands for you to run (which often contain version-specific arguments and are troublesome to type out). It doesn't run the commands; instead it just prints them out for you to copy and paste instead of reformulate manually.